Archival Data Review
Abstract
This paper reviews the use of archival data in the micro-level organizational sciences literature. This OSF page contains data, code, and additional tables and figures used to synthesize results. For the umbrella review, we include: (1) Search results for PsycINFO (2) Search results for Web of Science (3) A table of all archival data sets and data archives discussed in the umbrella review papers (includes links and a brief description of the data set). We did not include data sets or archives that we could not find. (4) An excel file summarizing information extracted from the umbrella review, including: (a) definitions and types of archival data, (b) benefits, (c) limitations, (d) data sets/archives mentioned, (e) recommendations For the editorial board member survey, we include: (1) R code (2) Rmarkdown output of all results (3) Visualization of the Cohen's D estimates from the Study 2 quantitative data (4) Qualitative comments compiled to inform recommendations Data to run the code are available from the first author upon request. For the critical review, we include: (1) The codebook (2) Data (3) R code (4) Rmarkdown output of all results (5) A table of the frequency of archival data in the seven journals reviewed tabulated by journal and year (6) PRISMA diagram of the systematic review search For the robustness check review (in critical review), we include: (1) Data (2) R Code (3) Rmarkdown output of all results (4) Table comparing the original critical review findings with the robustness check review findings
Fields of Study & Subjects
Data Analysis and Archiving
Research Data Management Practices
Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Publication details
- Journal / source
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
- Publication date
- 9 February 2026
- Document type
- Preprint